TROUBLESHOOTING GUIDE FOR ASSESSMENT 2.
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CONTENT
Assignment 2 is a professional community engagement report.
All these points are NECESSARY parts of your report:
1. Explain why the community interests you in a professional capacity;
2. Explain why your chosen community is important, what they offer both the society and the individual;
3. Describe the challenges faced by your chosen community and how they arose, supported by evidence (community mapping);
4. Based on those challenges, assess what the community's needs might be, and explain how you would prioritise those needs;
5. Describe the goals of that community and ways to achieve their needs. Articulate these goals based on your own understanding from your insider perspective, as well as conversations you might have had with community-peers;
6. Identify and explain what skills you might need (as a member of that community) to maximise the success of achieving your chosen community's goals.
Choose a community that is known to you, or one that is easily observable. Do not choose a business or franchise, as you will find it almost impossible to analyse their needs beside profit or monetary gain.
Do NOT choose very large or scattered communities (such as the Indigenous People of Australia, or the Christian Community, or the Cross Fit community) as this will affect your capacity to analyse them properly. Instead, pick a smaller group (such as an Indigenous association that you know of, a local Church community, a local sporting club) that you can observe and come up with ideas for.
STRUCTURE
A professional report can be structured in many ways, provided it has a coherent and clear flow.
A possible structure for your report could be:
- Introduction: covers points 1 and 2. weHHer(Here you explain why your chosen community interests you in terms of the career you are pursuing. You then explain what positive impact your community has on individuals and society)
- Community Mapping: covers point 3. (Here you use external sources to describe your community, focusing on its challenges. In this section, it would be good to have statistical data, charts, etc to support your arguments)
- Needs Assessment: covers point 4 (Here you explain what your community needs to overcome the challenges that you have outlined in the previous section)
- Community Goals: covers point 5 (Here you explain what the goals of your community are in relation to its needs and its challenges. Use your insider’s perspective or external sources to underpin your claims)
- Conclusion: covers point 6 (here you summarise the findings and recommendations of your report, and add a short reflection on what you need to learn to help maximise the capacity of your community to achieve its goals)
There will not be any deduction for students using different report structures as long as they make sense and they cover all the points.
WORD LIMIT
1500 words (±10%) (does not include references)
Remember that Assignment 2 is a REPORT not an essay, which means that you can use a schematic language, bullet points, section titles, headlines, etc. to keep it within the word limit.
REFERENCES
Your report will need to have at least 6 references, of which at least 3 scholarly readings (chosen from the reading list or elsewhere. You need3,threenot 2 academic references. Think about sources you can identify onGoogleScholarforyour specific kind of community,as well as definitions of types of communities you find in the set reading on needs assessment (see LG).
The other references can be (but not limited to): statistical databases (ABS, etc.), newspaper articles, other professional reports, government papers.
Harvard UWS style is the required referencing format for the unit.
Yourcitations in the text (Author,2016; ABS 2016; National Union of Scholars n.d)areincluded in theword count limit of 1500butthereferencelist doesnotcount.
All photos, charts, multimedia material added to your report from elsewhere will need to be referenced.
How to cite statistical database and government reports? Check page 11 of the Harvard UWS style.
USEFUL LINKS TO FIND DATA
Australian Bureau of Statistics
Key National Indicators
Australian Institute of Criminology
Australia and NZ Newstream (log-in through the library to search and access newspaper articles)
SUBMISSION
Your submission goes through turnitin.
Deadline: Wednesday October 10 8pm.
To apply for an extension, fill in the form and send it to the SSAP, NOT the tutors or unit coordinators.
Marking Criteria:
Assessment 2: Professional Community Engagement Report CRITERION Unsatisfactory Satisfactory Good Very Good Outstanding CONTENT /40 Demonstrates ability to provide a thoughtful analysis that directly engages with community needs, including all key aspects Fails to adequately address the needs of their chosen community. Lack of conclusions drawn from the analysis. An adequate level of analysis that covers most aspects of the needs of their chosen community, but lacks development of some aspects. The conclusions drawn are adequate but require further development Good analysis and coverage of most aspects of the community’s needs but some aspects not covered so well. Draws sound conclusions. Very good analysis and coverage of all aspects of the community’s needs, though with some unevenness. Draws good conclusions from the analysis. Outstanding analysis and coverage of all aspects of the community’s needs and topic. Draws some profound conclusions. CONTENT /30 Uses the relevant material from the set readings and other (academic) resources Inadequate use of readings and other resources – perhaps using only one or two readings. Substantial amount of the report draws on irrelevant content. Mostly descriptive. Evidence of some engagement with the academic literature and with an acceptable survey of key issues, though with some irrelevant material. Good reflection and engagement with the literature – perhaps weighted to one or two particular readings. Sources other resources. Material is mainly relevant. Very good use of the literature – all material used will be relevant to the topic. Excellent use of the literature and a highly effective and comprehensive survey of key issues and ideas. Evidence of synthesis of readings. All material used will be highly relevant to the topic. PRESENTATION /10 Readability (including English expression, grammar and spelling) Unacceptable level of written expression including frequent spelling and grammatical errors. Meaning is often unclear. Adequate written expression; perhaps with some problems with English, grammar or spelling. Meaning is reasonable clear. Good expression – mainly correct grammar and spelling. Meaning mostly clear. High standard of written expression – few problems. Perhaps some places where expression could have been clearer. Outstanding written expression and accurate grammar and spelling, etc. Clear and concise. PRESENTATION /10 Structure (including logical flow) The structure of the report is unclear, disorganised and incoherent. Acceptable evidence of structure and flow with lapses in economy and style. Adequate structure of ideas and a reasonable attempt to organise the report logically. Good structure but room for improvement in systematic organisation of ideas. A well-structured effort. Perhaps some room for improvement in linking ideas and rationale for sections of the report. Outstanding organisation and clear, logical flow. ‘Polished’ expression. PRESENTATION /10 Effective referencing (in-text and reference list) Bibliographic details are not provided or are incorrect. Unsatisfactory standard of referencing with quotes missing citation, missing references or poor referencing. References provided, but may be incomplete or inconsistent; appropriate style used, but may be over-reliant on quotes. References provided, although there may be a small number of mistakes; appropriate style used. High standard of referencing but a couple of errors. Referencing is faultless or nearfaultless.
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